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Hierarchically Decoupled Mixture-of-Experts for Robust Traffic Sign Recognition in Complex Driving Scenarios

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Medieval pandemic left a hidden legacy in Europe's oldest trees

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Phys.org 3d ago

Mapping Genome-wide Transcription Factor Binding Sites in two Rhodanobacter strains Isolated from Extreme Environments

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Infrastructure for African mines destroying forests at 34 times the rate of the mines themselves

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Phys.org 4d ago

AI-guided catalyst turns CO₂ and waste into fertilizer at industrially relevant rates

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